Circle-iron for wagons



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J.. MASSEY. CIRCLE IRONTOR WAGONS.

No. 293.340. Pateniied Feb. 12, 1884.,

' UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFIGE;

JOHN MAssnY, or SALEM, MISSOURI.

'CIRCLE-IRON FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,340, dated February 12, 1884. k Application filed October 15, 1883. (No modem To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JoHNMAssEY, of Salem, in the county of Dent and State of Missouri,

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Circle-Irons for Wagons, 850., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a top view of the hounds of a wagon'having my improved circle-iron secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the posts and e'yebolts for securing thetwo'pieces of this length together, and the weld is always a weak place in the iron,which is at a point where the greatest strength is re quired, as the coupling-pole is continually bearing against and wearing it at this point.

My invention consists in making the circleiron in one continuous piece A, and it is made of wrought iron, and bent as shown in Fig. 1, with separate (or detached) points for fasten: ing the ends of the circle-ironAto thehounds. The inner portion of the circleis secured to the hounds in the usual way, and its outer ends are secured to the hounds by eyebolts O C, in which they are inserted, and which pass down through vertical hollow posts D D, and through the hounds having nuts on their lower ends. The posts have horizontal pro- 0 jections I, that rest upon the hound, and are secured thereto by bolts J. It will thus be seen that-the ends of my improved circle-iron will not have to be bent down and flattened out to rest upon andbe secured to the hound, and the points being made of malleable iron, it is much cheaper than the old style, as above described, which requires a skilled workman to make a neat finish on the ends of the circle. It is compactly drawn to the hounds by the eyebolts, and if it is desired to take it off at any time it can be done by simply loosening the eyebolts. The tops of the hollow posts are preferably notched one way to form beds for the ends of the circle-iron, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the other way to form beds to receive the heads of the bolts. (See same figures.) p I I am aware that previous to'my invention hollow posts in connection with eyebolts have been used for securing the circle-iron to the hounds at B B; but I doLi yi t claim to be the first inventor of such a astening when applied to the ends of the circle-iron, in combination with a horizontal projection resting upon and secured to the hounds.

I claim as my invention In combination with a circle-iron for wagons, 850., made of one continuous piece of bent iron, the notched hollow vertical posts with horizontal projections resting upon and se cured to the hounds, and the eyeboltsin which fit the ends of the circle-iron, and which pass down through the hollow posts and'through the houndswith nuts on their lower ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN MASSEY.

In presence of J. G. VADEN, G. M. MANTZ.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 293,340, granted February 12, 1884, i upon the application of John Massey, of Salem, Missouri, for an improvement in" Circle-Irons for Wagons, an error appears in the printed specification requiring the I following correction, viz: The Word not in line 61 should be omitted; and that the;

Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein to make it conform to thel record of the case in the Patent Office. I

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 18th day of March, A, D. 1884.

[SEAL] M. L. JOSLYN,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. 7

Oountersigned BENJ. BUTTERWORTH,

Commissioner of Patents. 

